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• THURSDAY, J 24, 1969 SINGLE COPY
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'at 12:51 p.m. EDT today after docking with the Corninand
making the most historic flight Service Module at 5:35 p.m."
yet made by man and setting EDT the same day.
foot on the surface of the moon: Next crucial steep was also
Goderich streets were accomplished without trouble
deserted Sunday afternoon, July when the CSM fired its giant
20, as residents left the sun of an rockets at 12:57 a.m. Tuesday
earthbound summer to travel while on the dark side of the
vacariously to the moon with moon to send the craft back to
U.S. astronauts, Neil Armstrong,. earth.
Edwin Aldrin Jr. 'and ` Mike A tiny seven pound television
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Collins, via television.
At 4:17.40 p.m. EDT the
voice of Armstrong came back
to earth and made a mark in
history: "Houston. Tranquillity. '
base. here. • The Eagle has
landed." Four and one half
• hours• later, at 10:56 p.m. EDT,
Armstrong sent back the
message he was about to step off "
the Lunar Excursion Module
onto the surface of the moon.
"That's one small step for man;
one giant leap for mankind," he
said as his _ foot touched the
granular lunar surface. He was)
joined 20 minutes later by LEM
pilot Aldrin who described the •
view as "...magnificent
desolation."
The command service module
pilot Mike Collins, orbiting -60
miles above the' pair, was one of
the few men who did not
witness the landing. He had no
TV on board.
United States ,astronauts Neil Armstrong and Edwin Aldrin'Jr. ` erect the United States flag. Like all tourists, they had to have July hThe astronauts had emerged
from their landing craft ahead of
stepped onto -the moon Sunday, 20, andthe worldlooked t k d their photos taken standing beside the flag This photo was taken
chedule�and were called .One
go
on via television.One of the,first tasks assigned to the men was to from a television picture being transmitted live from the moon back inside ahead o'Kf schedule as
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their heart rates began to
Increase from the work '•of
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Historic plaque to be
collecting rock samples to bring
back to earth and of carrying,
out scientific experiments,
camera allowed residents in
. Qderich..andwpeople.::th.rnuughout
the world to witness the historic
first step on the • moon. 'Mrs.
Mamie Sutcliff received a
commemorative envelope. from' a
technician at Cape Kennedy;
mailed -on the day the three men
blasted off from earth on their
way to making the historic
flight.
Reaction to the event by
local 'residents' was one of
jubilation
° - No children were born- In
,Goderich--on . -the -day ....the.->.meu. .,----.,.
landed on the 'Ynoq,n, but
Clinton Public Hospital a son,
Michael Neil Edwin, was born to
Mr. and Mrs. William Rodger,
RR 1, Auburn. Mrs., Rodger .is
the former Joan Chapman of
Goderich. Mr. Rodger• said the,
names seemed appropriate as the
baby and the astronauts
":..landed at about the same
time."
Sift� .agreement ratified
Workers 'at Domtar
Chemical's Sifto Salt Fine Salt
Division ratified an agreement
Sunday; July 20 accepting a
company offer made earlier in
the week.
'rhe workers, all members of
the International Chemical
Workers Union, local 682
accepted the new contract that
will expire May 4, 79'71. Talks
had been held • with union and
management since last March.
The old contract expired May 4
and workers had threatened to
strike by July 6 unless
agreement was reached on a
wage , parity issue. Talks were
called ` for Wednesday and
Thursday, July 9 and 10 and the
company offer was made.'
The contract will give male
workers an additional 80 cents
per hour and female workers an
additional 60 cents per hour.
Benefits include 75 'per cent of
medical and 50 per cent of
Ontario Hospital. Top rate for a
male employee will go to .$3.50
per hour retroactive, to May- 4
and will be increased to $3.98
per hour on May 4, 1970.
Women will get $2.48 per hour
rising to $2.94 next year.
Representative for
International Chemical Worker,
Union was R. W. Stewart. He
said the- contract was
satisfactory. Members of the
negotiating committee were Mr.
Stewart, Ken `Burns; chairman;
Alex Boa 'and Gordon McCabe.
Negotiators for the company
were Andy Boutilier, P.D.
Connelly and Jack Brady.-
Manager'suspends coach;
Dodgers may disband
The Goderich Dodgers Ladies
�Fastball Team will cease to exist
July 25 unless a disagreement
between the players and the"
management is settled and the
Western .a Ontario Athletic
Association is notified •by that
.date.
• Disagreement arose in June
when manager Mac MacDonald
suspended coach Bev Wright for
playing with ^a London team on
a date that Goderich was to play
in Exeter.
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L_. -Accidcnt victimsprogressing
Seventeen ' year old Daniel John Harrison, also of Goderich scooter -car accident in Uodericn
August unveiled
Baker of Goderich has recovered had been listed in critical July 14.
withiio recedented firs
sciousness in St: Joseph's ebnditi'on when admitted but - -- Miss Westbrook
lotn•rr ^t�raia� er-san°°�•retea�d.�,:..�..-...a.,Awl,��1�1�-��l�v�..�.�.:.,....�..��-
1 11 b and the Rev. G L Royal of savagery. The . wind was niisied�irit%ai2ot�r1 ap
by a car on ncntioeri4oSntIrte,ehte while
confirmation of a vessel
Hospital, London but is still has sine been released. Wayne director at Judith Geoderhani
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On 'Sunday, August 3, '1969; -° }awes-•Seettr;=seafartli.-.b.SL+ar�an.,,,,. ,v,,.r I? � , p
now totfil
Club president Chappie-
Chapman said Mr. MacDonald
had informed Mss Wright she
was suspended and had informed
the WOAA by letter to that
effect. .
Mr. MacDonald subsequently
received a letter signed by the
team members stating he was -
"fired" because of the
suspension action.
Mrr- • MacDonald _ notified
WOAA he was ,.witl drawing the
team from the league and
instructed the team members• by
letter to return their equipment.
The club's bank _ account.was
frozen:
Disagreement arose over who
: owned the`�-'equipment ''and art
ultimatum was issued toteam
an historical plaque Zvi, e
unveiled at/ Cobourg and Knox Presbyterian Church, coupled with a- blizzard, and missing on Lake Huron. Her The youth was .injured in a Victoria Hospital, London on on her way pool.
• • Lighthouse . Streets, Goderich, Goderich. The plaque- will be together they caused widespread identity remained a mystery one car accident June. 30 which July 10,
y sent two other youths to She underwent surgery . in
'commemorating the . Great unveiled by Harold Turner, havoc, notably in Milwaukee, urftil the followingSaturday, 16
Storm of 1913. president of the -Huron County Chicago and Cleveland. This, , when a •diver established hereto London 'hospitals. One other' P 0 0 L D I R E C T 0 R London on Wednesday, July
however, was nothing compared be the "Charles S. Price," of and subsequent coni lications
The plaque is one of a series Historical Society. occupant of the car was IMPROVING q p
A storm centred over with what was happening on the Cleveland one of the largest and uninjured. Diane Westbrook of Eldon gave hospital authorities cause
being erected throughout the newest shi s on the Lakes. She street is lined in improved for concern, but a hospital
province by -the Department of Minnesota on Friday, Nov. 7, lakes. P The accident occurred on
Public Records- and Archives, 1913, caused ,,the U.S. We'ather The first reported marine sank two days latter. Kitchigami road south ` of condition in ' St. said spokesman s id Wednesday shE
actingon the advice of the Bureau to order storm warnings •'-- easttalty--was': the old wooden,- Meanwhile the forebodings -'t oderich when the car plunged Hospital, • London with leg D had spent a comfortable night
t "Louisiana,"of h discovery of over a bank and struck a tree. injuries received in • a motor and was In droving.
time of year, and only routine Wisconsin, and immediately
commence at 2:30 ` o'clock, is Y wreckage were washed ashore, -precautions were taken. The destroyed by fire. Like those of particularly along the_ coast of
being arranged and sponsored by
the Goderich Lions Club. ' decision of many Great , Lakes other ships driven aground, her Huron County. -incredible
Clayton Edwards, chairman of skippers to proceed with sailing crew were later to consider though it seemed, it now
• the communitye�ttern. .en,,t1�n ,.pror.dis�,a trous for wh Selves fortunate. gradually became certain that
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committee, willtct as -program was being forecast proved to be Few takers of -the time had cosevenother freight rs'bad. sim'P
chairman. Others who have been the most destructive storm in radio , equipment, hence their vanished: the "James
invited to take part in the the history of the lakes. owners and the relatives of their v alrishe ," "Wexford'.' and
ceremony include: Dr. G. F. That night- the storm -centre crews could only conjecture how "Regina"of Toronto; and the
. Mills, mayor of Goderich; the was over Marquette, Michigan, they had fared. The worst "Isaac M. Scott," "John A.
Hon. C. S. MacNaughton, and on Saturday morning it imaginings fell short of reality, Mc�Gean•," "Argus" and
b treasurer of Ontario and minister moved eastward to • Sault„ Ste. particularly as .concerned ships "Hydrus," all of Cleveland. No
of economics; Murray Gaunt, Marie. There was still no great on Lake Huron. The first trace has ever since been found
MPP •' (Huron -Bruce); Harold concern by . nightfall, when it intimation of disaster was the of any of them.
Baird, president of the Goderich was , located ,,, about Alpena, report of a vessel upside down, a of a soul survived from any
Lions Club; Prof. W. s, .Michigan, having swung dozen miles northeast of Port
'Huron, Michigan. The report of their crews, which totalled
Goulding, •representing the southeastward during the day, softie 187. The work of
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Historic Sites Board of Ontario; but that night it struck Lake came on Nov. 10, yet it was the ' recovering.. and identifying their
Archaeological and Historic Sites hoisted that morning in Great -steamer a m e r occasioned by
Isco ry
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Welfare Plan m t
Comtee of the
Lake Carriers' Association. The
committee, headed -by Capt. E.
tly . 0:Whitney of Ashtabula, Ohio,
made its headquarters at ` ;the
'Bedford Hotel in Goderich.'
Fewer than one-third of the
missing men were ever found,
and not all of those were
identified. Five unidentified
bodies were buried at Goderich
and three at Kincardine.
....� M , .r. � ` f What actually happened to
• .?P : ' the eight ships sunk on Lake
Huron will likely never be
known. With wind 'velocities in
the vicinity of sixty m.p.h.,
waves were running as high as
thirty feet or more, sufficient to
tear .off .hatch covers and fill a
riiirils'Cet'�"•°rrrirtes; was in-Goderich Malnday-Ju!'y-21.,•.-xo-visit Domtar s
laden ship m a few m►nu%s. The lion. Allan Lawrence; �
Some may even have collided in - Sifto Salt mine as part of his tour of inspection of provincial mining projects. After spending part of
the blinding snow. How the the morning underground the minister was guest of honor at a lunelieon at the Maitland Country
"Price" turned turtle rather than Club. Left to right are the Hon. Allan Lawience, Hon. Charles McNaughton, minister of finance, and
*Continued on Page 2 Gterdoii Muir, mine manager 'to -Salt-• This was -the first salt --mine Mfr Lawrence has visited.
Ann Fairservice Was probably the most well known of the artists who had exhibitions at the•Goderich
'Art Mart last week and is seen chatting to `Mart convenor Mrs Martha Rathburn. The Art Mart and
the sidewalk sale that accompanied it is reported to have been the best yet in the seven year history
of the event. Miss Fairservice is owner of the Country Studio at Blyth. Seated is Miss Feirservice's
mother. tall Photo. r "
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Art rMart convenor
The seventh annual Art Mart
and Sidewalk Sale days was
concluded in Goderich last
Saturday with results among the
best yet. Exhibitors of arts and
c'ifts had increased in numbers
this year and the ' first class
weather throughout the
three-day event is credited with
making attendance •"t etter than
expected.
People were here from as far
away as Detroit and Toronto
with displays of everything from
first class paintings to plastic
jewellery and palm tree canes.
The Kin Karnival was located
,right on The Square for the first
time, having moved from its
previous location on East Street.
Rides were, doing a brisk
business, , especially in the
evening hours. Concession stand
and...Kin booths did a roaring
tirade . and all in all everyone
'seemed to leave well satisfied,
Mrs. Martha Rathburn was
convenor of the event for the
Goderich Art Club and reports
the chib to be well pleased with
the results.
The Kinettes had improved -
on their coffee stand of previous
years by adding gaily covered
tables -- complete with bowls of
r'- and sweet peas -- to make
a sidewalk cafz. ttt' ,cs w"c
good throughout the event,
The Goderidh Mi'nisterial
v.
. The team has continuedto
play in league games since the
fight Started and has named Bob
Daer 'as manager and . Sandy
Kolkman as coach. •
A meeting between players,
management and the WOAA was
held Monday night in Wingham
when the league . profsptt L -
dropped the matter _.back into--
the
nto--the laps of those involved, with
the advice to 'straighten the
° rnatter out by July 25 or leave
the- league.
Mr. MacDonald said at the
meeting he would release the
girls' playing certificates which
he holds, when they have found}
"...competent people to manage
the team."
Association had a, marquee
erected and showed films 'on all
three days and , had good'
attendance. Children seemed to
find the tent a special attraction.
Baked good sales were a hit
-whenever they put in an
appearance, selling out in no
time, and the ladies from Carlow
at. the Country Fairhad a well
attended booth of crafts. `r•
• Goderich Police closed off
West Street to eastbound traffic
Mr. MacDonald had said
earlier he would • release the
teams' certificates if it could
find somebody to take over
management and of whom he
would approve. He said the
equipment would also be made
available.
Minister
visits mine
As part of his program to visit
every mining operation in
Ontario, Mines Minister Allan F.
Lawrence toured Domtar
Chemical Ltd.'s Sifto Salta Mine
Monday morning.
Mr. Lawrence was taken to
the mine's 1,760 -foot level °
Where 25 miners work on shifts
around the clock, seven days a
week. The party toured some of
the 12 miles of "streets" about a
third of a mile below the
surface.
Mr. Lawrence was
accompanied by assistant mines
m i n ister Michael Axford;
Provincial Treasurer Charles S.'
MacNaughton, two executive
assistants to Premier Robarts;
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and company officials.
yet'
and The Square was closed from
West Street to South Street to
accommodate the carnival:
Stores around The Square
had their wares on display. on
the sidewalk and business was
brisk. Sales with as much as hQ
percent off were offered and
nobody was going away etipty
handed.
The event is expected to be
held in the same week next year.
Dates will be announced later. -